as you may have seen already! hope you enjoy them bc i had a lotta fun sketching them and they helped me cope with being a college student going for the wrong degree lol

CW for below as i'll be discussing topics related to age of consent, but nothing graphic. Also, i'm not defending myself from any accusations or controversies. fortunately i don't have the staying power to deal with that BS. but i thought it'd be nice to provide my boundaries with something that's pretty relevant in pur NSFW spaces nowadays.

on the topic of me drawing smut of existing characters: this is such a hot topic that it has affected how i consume media in both good and not so good ways. it's was tough, a while back for a few years i struggled to indulge in nsfw because of Age Discourse that sprung out among most fandoms. i flung the question of "are they adults?" around at fanart just because that was the thing to do. it made me question the true intentions of MANY artists, most of which i've never met or spoken to, followed by plenty of instances where my brain locks up a la Ace Attorney and i just block artists on multiple sites to make myself feel safer (fun fact, it didn't).

in case i wasn't clear enough, this is not a good way to think in my opinion. i do fully agree with the idea of being cautious in the NSFW spaces, especially online. be careful who you hang out with, keep your sights out for red flags, stay educated on where to go and who to contact when things escalate, etc. that said, i've mostly abandoned the idea that aging up characters for smut is irredeemable and disgusting - but not fully, as there are lines i will draw depending on the circumstance.

let me explain with some notable examples - Cream the Rabbit. She's a lil bunny rabbit, has a mother who watches over her and is depicted as a child in every instance. am i okay with smut of this character? Obviously Not! even if aged up, it still rubs me the wrong ways. If a character is consistently a child with no sign of full maturation, it's off the table. i do apply this to Miles Prower as well. While he shows some teen/tween maturity and isn't as bubbly as he used to be...smut of him is not endorsed by me. Now, am i going to go door-to-door yelling at every artist who draws aged-up Tails porn bc that's what's trendy recently? absolutely Not.

with the other Sonic character's it's different, for one thing canon ages have been removed from the main cast (according to the JP site Sonic Channel at least) so obviously it doesn't feel quite as awkward to see smut of them. I personally don't view them as children due to the fact that they're not very human in their designs, neither are the scenarios they're put in. i.e. they're a squad of adventurers on a planet that isn't Earth, not an earth-based group of high schoolers.

i feel these distinctions are crucial when people react like "ew i can't imagine these characters having sex" because the response that "they're not human" kind of works? idk, that's just my opinion, surely most folks are against smut of Sonic and co. and i certainly don't blame them.

That said it's best to just leave the NSFW artists who do this alone because i just feel like for the most part what they're doing isn't a political statement - they're simply drawing they're favorite characters in kinky scenarios. Think of it this way: a NSFW artist isn't probably isn't drawing an aged-up Sonic to say "yeah, i age up teens and i want to make it your problem!" that's typically not the case at all. Trust me, because i've come across quite a few artists who age up a character to make a statement, and usually it's harmful and supports the "who cares, it's just a drawing" ideology we're trying to keep our distance from.

And now the Elephant in the room: I drew smut of Amy Rose years ago, and posted it here today. am I proud of it? well it's nice art, and I feel secure in my depiction of her as a mature gal, chubby body and whatnot. Note that it's all about presentation! Will i draw more of her and other characters? Maybe, the other characters who are mature (Rouge, Sally, Vanilla, etc.) are still on the table!

And now a TLDR: All-in-all it's important to be safe online, be weary before you make decisions like drawing NSFW fanart, but don't let it dictate your livelihood like I did. i'm pretty desensitized that I try not to worry so much when i see pantyshots in JP media bc it likely wasn't designed as a personal attack, and i won't show distain at people who enjoy most raunchy media as well. That said I always know where to draw the line. said line is different for everyone, so be aware of that!